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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD BRAYTDN, OF HOMER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPHMAPLETHORPE, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-TOP PRQ P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,026, dated March22, 1881.

Application filed January 27, 1881.

To all whom it may concern forged or welded to the side rail.

Be it known that I, RICHARD BRAYTON, of the town of Homer, in the countyof Cortland and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Carriage- Top Props and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in adj ustableshifting-railjoint-props for carriage-- prop secured to said rail, aswill be more fully hereinafter specified.

E indicates the seat-iron, which accomplishes the double purpose ofsupporting the rail and providing the means of adjusting the jointpropD.

Heretofore, in the construction of carriagetops, the joint-prop has beenmade permanently In my improvement this prop is a separate piecedetachable from the rail and capable of adjustment by moving it eitherbackward or forward on the rail. manufacture, it possesses the advantageover the old style of adaptability to other parts in the trimming andcovering of the top, and also in the readjustment for the purpose oftightening the joints when they become loose by wear. H

The joint-prop D is provided with an eye,w, through which the rail.passes. The eye 0:

Thus, aside from the economy of i (No model.)

opens through a hollow hub, to, projecting downward therefrom, which hubhas screwthreadsinside.

The hub a passes through the slot S in the seat-iron E. By means of aset-screw, F, passing through slot S and hub a to rail 0, the prop D isfirmly secured to the seat-iron E and rail 0 at any desired point withinthe scope of the slot S. y 5

It will be observed that the prop D, by reason of the hub a and theset-screw F, may be adjusted laterally in the slot S of the seatbracketat will, and may, by reason of such adjustability, be made toaccommodate ditt'ercut relations and constructions.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the principleor sacrificing the advantages of my invention, the essentialfeature ofwhich is the .adjustability of the prop on the rail in a lateraldirection at will by the manipulation of a single screw at each of therear seat-corners.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 70.

1. In a carriage-top, a rail joint-prop, adapted to be adjustedlaterally at will and secured at any desired point by single set-screws,as and for the purpose specified. I

2. A seat-bracket, having an elongated slot, combined with an adjustablerail joint-prop, operating in said slot and adapted to be secured at anydesired point within the range thereof at will by set-screws, asspecified.

3. The combination of the seat-bracket E. having slot S, the prop D,having eye a and hub a,'the set-screw F, and rail 0, all constructed,arranged, and operating as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 hereto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD BRAYTON.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR L. KNIGHT, H. F. TURNER.

